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Real world research : a resource for social scientists and practitioner-researchers / Colin Robson.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Oxford : Blackwell, 2002.Edition: 2nd edDescription: 512p. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780631213048 (hbk.) :
  • 9780631213055 (pbk.) :
  • 0631213058(pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 300.72 ROB
LOC classification:
  • H62 .R627 2002
Contents:
Part I.Before you start -- 1.Real world enquiry -- 2.Approaches to social research -- 3.Developing your ideas -- Part II.Designing the enquirty -- 4.General design issues -- 5.Fixed designs -- 6.Flexible designs -- 7.Designs for particular purposes: evaluaton, action and change -- Part III.Tactices: the method of data collection -- 8.Surveys and questionnaires -- 9.Interviews -- 10.Tests and scales -- 11.Observatioinal methods -- 12.Additional methods of data collection -- Part IV.Dealing with the data -- 13.The analysis of quantitative data --14.The analysis of qualitative data -- 15.Reporting on the enquiry -- Appendix A.Writing a project proposal -- Appendix B.The roles of practitioner-researchers, researchers and consultants in real world research.
Summary: Real World Research furnishes students with the skills necessary in order to conduct research outside the laboratory, in real world situations. The second edition has been thoroughly revised to bring it up-to-date.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 300.72 ROB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00210165
Long Loan TUS: Midlands, Main Library Athlone General Lending 300.72 ROB (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 123307

Previous ed.: 1993.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I.Before you start -- 1.Real world enquiry -- 2.Approaches to social research -- 3.Developing your ideas -- Part II.Designing the enquirty -- 4.General design issues -- 5.Fixed designs -- 6.Flexible designs -- 7.Designs for particular purposes: evaluaton, action and change -- Part III.Tactices: the method of data collection -- 8.Surveys and questionnaires -- 9.Interviews -- 10.Tests and scales -- 11.Observatioinal methods -- 12.Additional methods of data collection -- Part IV.Dealing with the data -- 13.The analysis of quantitative data --14.The analysis of qualitative data -- 15.Reporting on the enquiry -- Appendix A.Writing a project proposal -- Appendix B.The roles of practitioner-researchers, researchers and consultants in real world research.

Real World Research furnishes students with the skills necessary in order to conduct research outside the laboratory, in real world situations. The second edition has been thoroughly revised to bring it up-to-date.

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